Photorealist Paintings
PHOTOREALISM
A direct challenge to Abstract Expressionism’s subjectivity and gestural vigor, Photorealism was informed by the Pop predilection for representational imagery, popular iconography and tools, like projectors and airbrushes, borrowed from the worlds of commercial art and design.
Whether gritty or gleaming, the subject matter favored by Photorealists is instantly, if vaguely, familiar. It’s the stuff of yellowing snapshots and fugitive memories. The bland and the garish alike flicker between crystal-clear reality and dreamy illusion, inviting the viewer to contemplate a single moment rather than igniting a story.
The virtues of the “photo” in Photorealist art — infused as they are with dazzling qualities that are easily blurred in reproduction — are as elusive as they are allusive. “Much Photorealist painting has the vacuity of proportion and intent of an idiot-savant, long on look and short on personal timbre,” John Arthur wrote (rather admiringly) in the catalogue essay for Realism/Photorealism, a 1980 exhibition at the Philbrook Museum of Art, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At its best, Photorealism is a perpetually paused tug-of-war between the sacred and the profane, the general and the specific, the record and the object.
“Robert Bechtle invented Photorealism, in 1963,” says veteran art dealer Louis Meisel. “He took a picture of himself in the mirror with the car outside and then painted it. That was the first one.”
The meaning of the term, which began for Meisel as “a superficial way of defining and promoting a group of painters,” evolved with time, and the core group of Photorealists slowly expanded to include younger artists who traded Rolleiflexes for 60-megapixel cameras, using advanced digital technology to create paintings that transcend the detail of conventional photographs.
On 1stDibs, the collection of Photorealist art includes work by Richard Estes, Ralph Goings, Chuck Close, Audrey Flack, Charles Bell and others.
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Style: Photorealist
Polychrome Gel #11
By Ben Weiner
Located in Greenwich, CT
Polychrome Gel #11 is an oil painting on canvas with a canvas size of 18 x 24 inches, signed, titled and dated on the overlap verso, 'Ben Weiner Polychrome Gel #11 2019'' and framed in a contemporary white frame.
Connecting two opposing styles—abstraction and photorealism—Ben Weiner creates hyper-detailed, lush paintings and videos of extremely magnified consumer products, including hair gel, chemical food additives, and deodorant. In his work, he presents such meticulously rendered, close-up views of his subjects that they read as pure abstractions. A through-line in Weiner’s various bodies of work is contemporary culture’s obsession with bodily enhancement through chemical products—whether by using hair products or taking illegal drugs.
"The Gel Series presents a virtual environment that is in flux. Based on hair gel, a material that is physically malleable and visually enticing, it has the ability to change one’s physical appearance. In an abstract manner, the painting reflects our current global environment, subject to constant, dramatic change and rapid development- on the one hand through humanity’s ability to alter the face of the earth according to its ideas; on the other through changing environmental conditions and natural disasters". - Ben Weiner
Ben Charles Weiner (b. 1980) is a New York based contemporary artist. His work bridges the seemingly opposite styles of hyperrealism, and process-based abstraction. Mr. Weiner has exhibited his work widely in the US and internationally, at institutions including The Carnegie Art Museum, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, The Boca Raton Museum of Art, and The Tarble Art Center. His work is in public collections including Microsoft, Sammlung/Collection, Progressive Insurance, and The Frederick R. Weisman Collection...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled (The Avenue of Stones)
By Colin Hunt
Located in New York, NY
Colin Hunt (b. 1973) is a Brooklyn, NY-based artist working primarily in egg tempera and watercolor. His recent series of landscapes of the Avebury stone circle outside of London are...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Egg Tempera
"Moontide", Alexander Volkov, 24x48, Oil on Canvas, Photorealism, Landscape
Located in Dallas, TX
"Moontide" by Alexander Volkov is an original oil on canvas. This painting is a photorealistic view of the moonlight reflecting on the waters surface. The moon is hidden behind the c...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cover of Newsweek, Kruschev, Russia March 16th 1959
By Robert Engle
Located in Miami, FL
Cover of Newsweek, Kruschev, March 16th 1959
Works on Paper (Drawings, Watercolors etc.),
Gouache on board
12 x 12 in. (30.5 x 30.5 cm.)
Signed Lower left
Powerful study of Russian ...
Category
1950s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Neptune Rising
Located in Fairfield, CT
Here oil on canvas images are photorealistic and gorgeous.
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rio
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist Statement
Nothing But Neon, 2021
I see beauty in old neon signs.
I have always been fascinated by the glow inside the hand-bent, glass tubes. I enjoy the sculptural, mechan...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$7,800
Hollywood Premiere
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist Statement
Nothing But Neon, 2021
I see beauty in old neon signs.
I have always been fascinated by the glow inside the hand-bent, glass tubes. I enjoy the sculptural, mechan...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Woman on Cot, Photorealist Oil Painting by Lisa Martin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lisa Martin - Woman on Cot, Year: circa 1996, Medium: Oil on Canvas, Size: 63 x 49.5 in. (160.02 x 125.73 cm)
Category
1990s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Woman Dressing, Photorealist Oil Painting by Lisa Martin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lisa Martin - Woman Dressing, Year: circa 1996, Medium: Oil on Canvas, Size: 49.25 x 39.25 in. (125.1 x 99.7 cm)
Category
1990s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait, Photorealist Oil Painting by Lisa Martin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lisa Martin - Portrait, Year: circa 1996, Medium: Oil on Canvas, Size: 30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 60.96 cm)
Category
1990s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Woman Concealed, Photorealist Oil Painting by Lisa Martin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lisa Martin - Woman Concealed, Year: 1996, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated lower right, Size: 40 x 36 in. (101.6 x 91.44 cm)
Category
1990s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Woman in Bed, Photorealist Oil Painting by Lisa Martin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lisa Martin - Woman in Bed, Year: circa 1996, Medium: Oil on Canvas, Size: 46 x 38 in. (116.84 x 96.52 cm)
Category
1990s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bold Black Thread Portrait by Nemo Jantzen
By Nemo Jantzen
Located in Singapore, SG
Exclusive Original Artwork : A one-of-a-kind artwork by Nemo Jantzen
* Innovative Nail and Thread Technique: Handmade artwork with nails and thread on wood. Each nail is carefully pl...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Thread
Price Upon Request
Ancient Blessing
By Roseta Santiago
Located in Missouri, MO
Ancient Blessing, 2006
Roseta Santiago
Oil on Canvas
Signed Middle Left
42 x 48 inches
43 x 50 inches with frame
Roseta Santiago was born and raised in Washington D.C. She started ...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
Solitaire (It's 3am), Photorealist Oil on Canvas Painting by Nicholas Maravell
Located in Long Island City, NY
Solitaire (It’s 3am)
Nicholas Maravell, American
Date: 1992
Oil on Canvas, signed, titled and dated in marker on verso
Size: 78 x 54.5 in. (198.12 x 138.43 cm)
Category
1990s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Shimmer Abstraction, Photorealist Acrylic Painting on Aluminum by David Kessler
Located in Long Island City, NY
Shimmer Abstraction
David T. Kessler, American (1950)
Date: 2005
Acrylic on Brushed Aluminum mounted to board, signed, titled and dated on verso
Size: 48 x 72 in. (121.92 x 182.88 cm)
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Metal
T-Series "After The Hunt" by Harnett, Photorealist Painting by John Clem Clarke
Located in Long Island City, NY
T-Series “After The Hunt” by Harnett
John Clem Clarke, American (1937–2021)
Date: 1983
Mixed Media on Canvas, titled and dated in marker on verso
Size: 72.5 x 55.5 in. (184.15 x 140....
Category
1980s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Incognito
By Nemo Jantzen
Located in Singapore, SG
Handmade resin domes on board with unparalleled craftsmanship by Nemo Jantzen. Every inch of this piece is made by hand, with careful attention to detail. "Paradise" is a stunning pi...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Epoxy Resin
Price Upon Request
KING V
By Nemo Jantzen
Located in Singapore, SG
Nails and thread on wood in plexiglass. One-of-a-kind original artwork.
In his latest body of work, the Dutch artist Nemo Jantzen is combining skills obtained in earlier years of hi...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Thread
Price Upon Request
Intergalactic
By Nemo Jantzen
Located in Singapore, SG
Nails and thread on wood in plexiglass. One-of-a-kind original artwork.
In his latest body of work, the Dutch artist Nemo Jantzen is combining skills obtained in earlier years of hi...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Thread
Price Upon Request
Silence Is Golden
By Nemo Jantzen
Located in Singapore, SG
Nails and thread on wood in plexiglass. One-of-a-kind original artwork.
In his latest body of work, the Dutch artist Nemo Jantzen is combining skills obtained in earlier years of hi...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Thread
Price Upon Request
Out of Focus
By Nemo Jantzen
Located in Singapore, SG
Nails and thread on wood in plexiglass. One-of-a-kind original artwork.
In his latest body of work, the Dutch artist Nemo Jantzen is combining skills obtained in earlier years of hi...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Thread, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Who’s Laughing Now
By Nemo Jantzen
Located in Singapore, SG
Nails and thread on wood in plexiglass. One-of-a-kind original artwork.
In his latest body of work, the Dutch artist Nemo Jantzen is combining skills obtained in earlier years of hi...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Thread
Price Upon Request
Finding the light
Located in Rye, NY
Meditation. Prayer. Focusing on the breath. Clearing the mind. Letting go of the world that can distract us, rob us, from moments of true peace. These paintings capture individuals i...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
State of Grace
Located in Rye, NY
Meditation. Prayer. Focusing on the breath. Clearing the mind. Letting go of the world that can distract us, rob us, from moments of true peace. These paintings capture individuals i...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Price Upon Request
The Psychotropic Splendor of Utopian Intoxication
Located in Greenwich, CT
Still life of grapes, wine and foliage against an ocean background
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
"Fading Moment"
By Jane Jones
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
In our quick paced culture, we are hyper-stimulated with visual media, which has caused our sense of vision to become blind to many things of incredible loveliness and consequence, s...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
"Closing In"
By Jane Jones
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
In our quick paced culture, we are hyper-stimulated with visual media, which has caused our sense of vision to become blind to many things of incredible loveliness and consequence, s...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
"Broken"
By Jane Jones
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
In our quick paced culture, we are hyper-stimulated with visual media, which has caused our sense of vision to become blind to many things of incredible loveliness and consequence, s...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
"Bluebird", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Daniel Sprick's (US based) "Bluebird" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a still life with a bird skeleton, a blue jar, a blue bowl and a broken eggshell.
Currently on display at the Madden Museum through April 28, 2024, but available for shipping in early May.
About the artist:
"Upon first glance, viewers might think Daniel's works are photographs because of their stunningly realistic elements. However, the longer we look at one of his paintings, the more we become aware that they are anything but a part of our world. We encounter Sprick's paintings not so much as statements, but more as experiences, whereby we engage deeply with his creativity. - Timothy J. Standring, exhibition curator and Gates Foundation Curator at the Denver Art Museum. Daniel Sprick's Fictions: Recent Works includes more than 30 examples of the Colorado artist's portraiture and still life paintings that blur the line between realism and abstraction. His meticulous representation of everyday objects and stirring interpretation of the human form provide viewers a new way to look at the world.
Born:
May 1, 1953, Little Rock, Arkansas
Education:
AA-Mesa College, Grand Junction...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Price Upon Request
Waterfall VI
Located in New York, NY
Leign Wen’s works reflect her personal and cultural histories. Having grown up on the island of Taiwan, she has a deep affinity for the elemental power of water and the forces of nat...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Price Upon Request
Wild Odes
By Nemo Jantzen
Located in Singapore, SG
Nails and thread on wood in plexiglass.
One-of-a-kind original artwork.
In his latest body of work, the Dutch artist Nemo Jantzen is combining skills obtained in earlier years of hi...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Thread
Price Upon Request
Up To You
By Nemo Jantzen
Located in Singapore, SG
Nails and thread on wood in plexiglass.
One-of-a-kind original artwork.
In his latest body of work, the Dutch artist Nemo Jantzen is combining skills obtained in earlier years of hi...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Thread, Board
Price Upon Request
Patterns
By Nemo Jantzen
Located in Singapore, SG
Nails and thread on wood in plexiglass. One-of-a-kind original artwork.
In his latest body of work, the Dutch artist Nemo Jantzen is combining skills obtained in earlier years of hi...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Thread
Price Upon Request
Vogue II
By Nemo Jantzen
Located in Singapore, SG
Nails and thread on wood in plexiglass. One-of-a-kind original artwork.
In his latest body of work, the Dutch artist Nemo Jantzen is combining skills obtained in earlier years of hi...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Thread
Price Upon Request
Senses
By Nemo Jantzen
Located in Singapore, SG
Nails and thread on wood in plexi-glass.
One-of-a-kind original artwork.
In his latest body of work, the Dutch artist Nemo Jantzen is combining skills obtained in earlier years of h...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Thread
Price Upon Request
X-RAY
By Nemo Jantzen
Located in Singapore, SG
Nails and thread on wood in plexi-glass.
One-of-a-kind original artwork.
In his latest body of work, the Dutch artist Nemo Jantzen is combining skills obtained in earlier years of h...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Thread
Price Upon Request
"Dreaming Venus", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Daniel Sprick's (US based) "Dreaming Venus" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude feminine model laying on her side in the fetal posi...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Price Upon Request
'Sparkling Crest' Photorealist painting of a blue, turquoise wave, sea foam
By Marc Esteve
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Sparkling Crest' is a realist Contemporary Seascape Painting by Marc Esteve. Sea, sand and waves make for a composition that is beautiful and tranquil. You can hear the rolling wave...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Soccer Players in Central Park
By Hilo Chen
Located in Long Island City, NY
An oil painting by Hilo Chen from 1973. A photo-realistic scene of a park in midday overlooking a soccer field from a sidewalk vantage point. Signed and dated verso, framed in a natural wood frame.
Artist: Hilo Chen
Title: Soccer Players...
Category
1970s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
Vibrant & Vivid Still life painting 'Yellow Napkin' with lemons, peaches & Bowl
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Lijftogt was born in Amsterdam and at the age of 19 decided to pursue his creative path. He would spend every day for several years in the Museums of Amsterdam studying the old maste...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
'Quinces & Apples' Still life panting of fruit in a bowl by Mark Lijftogt
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Quinces & Apples' is a subtle, meditative and delicate painting by the hugely talented Contemporary Still life painter Mark Lijftogt. Photorealism at its very best!
Lijftogt was b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Vanitas 15.12.01, Photorealist Acrylic Painting on Canvas by Paul Beliveau
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Paul Beliveau, Canadian (b. 1954)
Title: Vanitas 05.12.01
Year: 2015
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed, titled, and dated verso
Size: 30 x 60 inches
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Silver Bowl, Photorealist Oil Painting by Steven Jones
By Steven Jones
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Steven Jones, American
Title: The Silver Bowl
Year: 2001
Medium: Oil on Linen on Panel, signed, titled, and dated verso
Size: 42 x 60 inches
Frame Size: 43.5 x 62 inches
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Canvas
Vanitas 15.10.28, Photorealist Acrylic on Canvas Painting by Paul Beliveau
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Paul Beliveau, Canadian (b. 1954)
Title: Vanitas 05.10.28
Year: 2015
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed, titled, and dated verso
Size: 30 x 60 inches
Category
2010s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
untitled
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Yrjo Edelmann, Finnish (1941 - )
Title: Untitled
Year: 1993
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 44 in. x 44 in. (111.76 cm x 111.76 cm)
Category
1990s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Price Upon Request
Life
By Linda Rosenzweig Prince
Located in Long Island City, NY
An oil painting by Linda Rosenzweig Prince from 1981. A photo-realistic painting of of news stand magazines piles forming a layered landscape. Signed and dated verso, framed in cherr...
Category
1980s Photorealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
Photorealist paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Photorealist paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, green, pink and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Gregory Block, James Zamora, Ian Hornak, and Kathleen Keifer. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Oil Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Photorealist paintings, so small editions measuring 3.5 inches across are also available. Prices for paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $125 and tops out at $585,000, while the average work sells for $3,772.